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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 15, 2019Wright County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2019, 3:50 AM CDT for Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2019, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2019, 11:43 PM CDT
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River near Rowan (ROWI4). The gauge peaked at 13.07 ft at Mar 15, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12.5 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05449500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 4:00 PM CDT, 11 hours 50 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:51 PM CDT, 11 hours 59 minutes before
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      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 8:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXJasper, Marion, Polk57 hr
Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth7 hr
Mar 14, 9:10 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler3 days
Mar 15, 12:44 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXWebster18 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.